mid-13c., herte-brine "lust," later "burning sensation in the esophagus, indigestion" (mid-15c.); see heart (n.) + burn (n.). Compare cardiac for confusion of "heart" and "stomach." A Middle English alternative was herte-brenning "anger, bitterness" (c. 1400), also "heartburn" (mid-15c.).
双语例句
1. As heartburn is usually worse when you're lying down in bed, you should avoid lying flat.
通常躺着的时候胃灼热会更加厉害，所以应当避免平卧。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The heartburn associated oesophagitis is substernal in location.
由食管炎引起的胃灼热,其部位发生于胸骨下.
来自辞典例句
3. Heartburn and sour " acid " eructations are frequent.
常有烧心感和嗳酸.
来自辞典例句
4. I wouldn't take a glass for a five - pound note ; it kills me with heartburn.
那种东西喝下去心里要发烧的,你白给我五镑钱,我也不喝.
来自辞典例句
5. There are many persons, however, who have frequent bouts of epigastric pain and heartburn for years.
